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<font face="Verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><p align="center"><b><font size="4">InitCGI()</font></b></p>
<p><b>Syntax</b></p><blockquote>
Result = <font color="#3A3966"><b>InitCGI</b></font>([MaxRequestSize])</blockquote>

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<b>Description</b><br><blockquote>

Initializes the CGI environment. This function has to be called successfully before using any other commands 
of this library. 

</blockquote><p><b>Parameters</b></p><blockquote>
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<tr><td width="10%"><i>MaxRequestSize (optional)</i></td>
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The maximum request size, in bytes (default is 50 MB). When sending big data trough CGI (like binary files), 
it could be useful to specify a larger value. 

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</blockquote><p><b>Return value</b></p><blockquote>

Returns non-zero if the CGI environment has been correctly initialized. 

</blockquote><p><b>Example</b></p><blockquote>

<pre><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"size="2">  <b><font color="#3A3966">If</font></b> <b><font color="#3A3966">Not</font></b> <font color="#3A3966">InitCGI</font>() <b><font color="#3A3966">Or</font></b> <b><font color="#3A3966">Not</font></b> <font color="#3A3966">ReadCGI</font>()
    <b><font color="#3A3966">End</font></b>
  <b><font color="#3A3966">EndIf</font></b>
  
<font color="#3A3966">  WriteCGIHeader</font>(<font color="#924B72">#PB_CGI_HeaderContentType</font>, &quot;text/html&quot;, <font color="#924B72">#PB_CGI_LastHeader</font>) <font color="#3A3966">; Write the headers to inform the browser of the content format</font>
  
<font color="#3A3966">  WriteCGIString</font>(&quot;&lt;html&gt;&lt;title&gt;PureBasic - variables&lt;/title&gt;&lt;body&gt;&quot; +
                 &quot;Hello from PureBasic CGI !&quot; +
                 &quot;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;&quot;)
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</blockquote><p><b>See Also</b></p><blockquote>

<a href="readcgi.html">ReadCGI()</a> 

</Blockquote><p><b>Supported OS </b><Blockquote>All</Blockquote></p><center><- <a href=finishfastcgirequest.html>FinishFastCGIRequest()</a> - <a href="index.html">CGI Index</a> - <a href="initfastcgi.html">InitFastCGI()</a> -><br><br>

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